My Windows 7 system came with "trial" versions of Office (2007) installed. I removed them (with add/remove programs). However, whenever I run Windows Update it still shows updates needed for those Office products. Why? What do I do to stop this?
Windows – Why does Windows update show updates for Office products that have been deleted
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This might help. Request from here the Hotfix, or download it for Office 2013 64 bit from here or for Office 2013 32 Bit from here.
I just installed the Office 2013 hotfix package and the problem with windows update went away. Everything was installed.
KB Article Number(s): 2768361
Language: All (Global)
The problem around this update was escalated to the proper team and new updates are being released to take care of this issue. You should try checking for updates in your computer now and try installing the updates available (don't forget to unhide the updates). This should help you resolve the issue.
Here is the blog post from the Microsoft Team.
Edit Fri. 13, 2013: This has be rectified by Microsoft. See further Edit below.
It's not just you. This is a wide-spread problem currently affecting many people.
The above thread was just started yesterday (Sept 10, 2013).
The "media" is even starting to cover it:
- http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/enterprise/384139/office-updates-trapped-in-installation-loop
- http://news.softpedia.com/news/KB2760411-KB2760588-and-KB2760583-Windows-7-Updates-Cannot-Be-Installed-381949.shtml
- http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-botches-still-more-patches-in-latest-automatic-update-226594
Blurb:
The latest batch of security updates for Microsoft Office appears to be leaving some users trapped in an installation loop.
Blurb:
It must be Wretched Wednesday -- the day after Black Tuesday. Watch out for automatic patches KB 2817630, KB 2810009, KB 2760411, KB 2760588, and KB 2760583
The answer (so far) seems to be "wait for MS to fix the detection problem".
Microsoft Security Bulletin Minor Revisions
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:25:04 -0600, the problems were detection and have been fixed. I unhid the 3 updates that were repeating on my Win 7 Pro notebook, and then ran an update checkk. Windows updates did detect the updates and no new updates were detected (unless you have not yet installed the latest definitions for MS Security Essentials.
Here are the details of the fix Summary ======= The following bulletins have undergone minor revision increments. Please see the bulletins for more details. * MS13-063 * MS13-067 * MS13-072 * MS13-073 * MS13-074
Bulletin Information: =====================
MS13-063 - Important
- https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms13-063
- Reason for Revision: V1.2 (September 13, 2013): Corrected update replacement for all affected software excluding Windows XP and Windows 8. This is an informational change only.
- Originally posted: August 13, 2013
- Updated: September 13, 2013
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Important
- Version: 1.2
MS13-067 - Critical
- https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms13-067
- Reason for Revision: V1.2 (September 13, 2013): Revised bulletin to announce a detection change for the Excel Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 update (2760589). This is a detection change only. There were no changes to the update files. Customers who have successfully installed the update do not need to take any action.
- Originally posted: September 10, 2013
- Updated: September 13, 2013
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
- Version: 1.2
MS13-072 - Important
- https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms13-072
- Reason for Revision: V1.1 (September 13, 2013): Revised bulletin to announce detection changes for the Microsoft Office 2007 update (2760411) and the Microsoft Word 2010 update (2767913). These are detection changes only. There were no changes to the update files. Customers who have successfully installed the updates do not need to take any action. Also updated the Known Issues entry in the Knowledge Base Article section from "Yes" to "None".
- Originally posted: September 10, 2013
- Updated: September 13, 2013
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Important
- Version: 1.1
MS13-073 - Important
- https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms13-073
- Reason for Revision: V1.1 (September 13, 2013): Revised bulletin to announce detection changes for the Microsoft Excel 2003 update (2810048), Microsoft Excel 2007 update (2760583), Microsoft Office Excel Viewer update (2760590), and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack update (2760588). These are detection changes only. There were no changes to the update files. Customers who have successfully installed the updates do not need to take any action. Also updated the Known Issues entry in the Knowledge Base Article section from "Yes" to "None".
- Originally posted: September 10, 2013
- Updated: September 13, 2013
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Important
- Version: 1.1
MS13-074 - Important
- https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms13-074
- Reason for Revision: V1.1 (September 13, 2013): Revised bulletin to announce a detection change for the Microsoft Access 2013 (64-bit editions) update (2810009). This is a detection change only. There were no changes to the update
files. Customers who have successfully installed the update do not need to take any action.- Originally posted: September 10, 2013
- Updated: September 13, 2013
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Important
- Version: 1.1
If you have previously hidden these updates you should probably un-hide them to ensure future versions of those updates get applied.
Best Answer
My guess is, you need to get MS Office (any version), and install it. [I'm assuming you're using OpenOffice. Or something else? If you're already using MSOffice, which version of MSOffice?]
You can ignore the errors by "hiding the updates".
You can do this by right-clicking the update, and then clicking "Hide Update".